John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Europe where we used to export our fish. Even locally, we have more than enough market. In fact, the market or demand in Kenya surpasses the fish we produce, but we still find our fish not getting good market yet fish is being imported from China and many other places. If you look critically, that fish does not match the fish that we produce in this country. So, it is high time we concentrated on this. Finally, I am working on legislation on this. There is a new initiative in which Hon. Ochieng’ Mbeo is involved. It is cage farming. ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The matter that Hon. Nassir has raised, as my colleagues have said, is weighty. I just want to say the following: One, under Article 95, this House has an obligation to resolve matters that are of concern to the people of Kenya. This matter is of serious concern to the people of Kenya. A precedent has been set in the past. When a matter comes up in this House in terms of a point of order, you have the power and capacity to order that, that matter be investigated by a committee of the House ... view
• 6 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The matter that Hon. Nassir has raised, as my colleagues have said, is weighty. I just want to say the following: One, under Article 95, this House has an obligation to resolve matters that are of concern to the people of Kenya. This matter is of serious concern to the people of Kenya. A precedent has been set in the past. When a matter comes up in this House in terms of a point of order, you have the power and capacity to order that, that matter be investigated by a committee of the House ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also join my colleagues view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition by Hon. Jessica Mbalu. In fact, this House has a responsibility, under Article 95 of the Constitution, to resolve issues that are of concern to the people of Kenya. This is the National Assembly. I plead with the Committee handling this matter. Human-Wildlife conflict is a fundamental issue that needs to be addressed. People who reside in areas that border or are near national parks suffer a lot. The question is: Between wild animals and human beings, who is more important? Wildlife is important but if I am given a choice between ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: grass, the livestock of the people who live near the national park are not allowed to access those national parks just for grazing purposes. Cows and goats cannot kill wild animals. You wonder why they cannot be allowed to graze so that they do not lose their livestock. This is a matter that the Committee needs to look into beyond what has been petitioned so that we understand how to relate with wildlife. This human-wildlife conflict is becoming a crisis in this country. I come from a constituency that has a national park. You cannot believe it but KWS was ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When I see the circus around this Bill, I look back to 2013. I remember, immediately we passed the first Division of Revenue Bill under this bicameral system, I had my concerns about whether this Bill should go to the Senate for concurrence. I raised those concerns. Luckily, you agreed with me that this is a critical Bill that should not be subjected to mediation without an exit route in the event that the two Houses do not agree. In fact, if it was the intention of the drafters of the Constitution and the people of ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: National Treasury had not released that amount. An amount of Kshs51 billion was sitting as cash balances in the counties, either in the revenue account, recurrent account or development account. Hon. Speaker, to have Kshs51 billion in the county accounts, unused by the end of the financial year has the effect of slowing down economic growth of a country. I know a lot of answers have been given. A lot of explanation which I call “excuses” has been used. It has been said that probably the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS) does not work sometimes and the National ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: comparing the performance of counties with the NG-CDF. So, the sure way of killing counties is by focusing on the budget allocation and not at how that money is utilised. I know my time is running out. I want to get to my next point. There is talk that there is a lot of money that remains at the national Government level. That the National Assembly is only concerned about the plight of the national Government and it is not thinking about the counties. That we have a 3 trillion Budget and out of it, only Kshs300 billion is going ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for that one minute. The people who will pay the money are the people of Kenya. The Constitution is clear. It says that we should share both the benefits and the burdens with the future generations equitably. So, let us not create a burden to the future generations. As I wind up, we have been previously attacked as a House that we are the ones who are subjecting this country to unnecessary borrowing. Now, we have even reduced the amount of money that we will borrow this financial year. The very people who are accusing us ... view